Version 7 for Windows

QUICK REFERENCE CARD

Rounded rectangular marquee
Elliptical marquee
Single row marquee
Single column marqueee

Adobe Online
(M) Rectangular
Marquee

Move (V)

(L) Lasso

Magic wand (W)

(C) Crop

Slice (K)

(J) Healing brush*

(S) Clone stamp
(E) Eraser
(R) Blur
(A) Path selection*

Airbrush
Pencil (B) (Photoshop)
(N) (ImageReady)

Polygonal lasso
Magnetic lasso*

Brush (B)

Art history*

History brush (Y)*

Gradient (G)*

Radial gradient
Angle gradient
Reflected gradient
Diamond gradient
Paint bucket

Patch*

Dodge (O)
Pattern stamp*

Horizontal Type (T)

(P) Pen*

Rectangle (U)

(N) Notes*

Eyedropper (I)

(H) Hand

Slice select

Background eraser*
Magic eraser

Burn
Sponge

Zoom (Z)
Sharpen
Smudge

Switch colors (X)

Foreground color

Vertical type*
Horizontal type mask*
Vertical type mask*

Background color
(D) Default colors
(Q) Standard mode*
(F) Standard
screen mode
(F) Full screen mode
with menu bar

Direct selection*
Quick mask mode (Q)*
Rounded rectangle
Ellipse
Polygon*
Line
Custom shape*

Freeform pen*
Add anchor point*
Delete anchor point*
Convert point*

Full screen mode (F)

Jump to ImageReady
(Ctrl + + M)

Additional ImageReady Toolbox items

(A) Toggle image maps
visibility
(Y) Preview Document

Toggle slices visibility (Q)

Audio annotation*

Preview in default browser

(Ctrl + Alt + P)

Rectangle image map

Circle image map
Polygon image map
Image map select

Jump to Photoshop
(Ctrl+ + M)

Color sampler*
Measure*

* Not in ImageReady
In a different location in the ImageReady toolbox
Tools appear in Options bar only
ImageReady only

Toolbar shortcuts
Press shortcut key (in parentheses) to select tool

Ctrl + Tab cycles through open documents

Caps Lock displays precise cross hair for brushes

Alt + click + tool or

(except

Enter applies an operation of the magnetic lasso*;

Esc cancels the operation

+ shortcut key cycles through hidden tools

)

Select tool and press Enter to highlight options bar

Right + click displays context-sensitive menu

constrains dragging or drawing to straight line or multiples of 45

/ toggles shield off and on (crop tool only)

*Not in ImageReady

Shift

ImageReady only

Key

Viewing
RESULT

AC T I O N

Fits image in window

Double-click

, or Ctrl + (zero)

100% magnification

Double-click

, or Alt + Ctrl + (zero)

Zooms in or out

Ctrl +

or

or

Ctrl + spacebar, or Alt + spacebar

Applies zoom percentage, and keeps zoom

percentage box active*
Zooms in on specified area of an image*

+ Enter in Navigator palette

Ctrl + drag over preview in Navigator
palette

RESULT

AC T I O N

Scrolls image with hand tool*

Spacebar + drag, or drag view area box in

Navigator palette

Scrolls up or down 1 screen

Page Up or Page Down

+ Page Up or Page Down

Scrolls up or down 10 units

Moves view to upper left corner or lower
right corner

Home or End

Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith*

Hold down Ctrl to scroll left (Page Up) or right (Page Down)

Selecting and moving objects

RESULT

AC T I O N

RESULT

Repositions marquee while selecting

Any marquee tool (except single column

and single row) + drag

Switches from

Adds to or subtracts from selection

Any selection tool +

or Alt + drag

Intersects a selection

Any selection tool +

+ Alt + drag

Constrains marquee to square or circle

(if no other selections are active)
Draws marquee from center (if no other
selections are active)
Constrains shape and draws marquee from
center

Switches from

to

+ drag
Alt + drag
+ Alt + drag

AC T I O N

to

Alt + click
+ Alt + drag selection

Moves copy of selection

Moves selection area 1 pixel
Moves selection 1 pixel
Moves layer 1 pixel when nothing
selected on layer

Any selection +

+
Ctrl +

Increases/decreases detection width*

+ [ or ]

Accepts cropping or exits cropping

+ Enter or Esc

Makes protractor *

+ Alt + drag end point

Ctrl (except when

or any pen tool*,
path*, shape tool*, slice, rectangle image
map, circle image map, or polygon image
map tool is selected)

Snaps guide to ruler ticks

+ drag guide

Toggles guide orientation

Alt + drag guide

Alt + drag

Applies to shape tools

AC T I O N

RESULT

Any painting tool + Alt (also any

shape tool + Alt)

Cycles through blending modes

Hold down

to move 10 pixels

Painting
RESULT

Selects background color

*
Deletes

Sets opacity, tolerance, strength,

or exposure for painting mode

Sets flow for painting mode

AC T I O N

+
Alt + Backspace, or Ctrl + Backspace

+ Alt + click

Fills selection/layer with foreground or

background color

Fills from history*

Alt + Ctrl + Backspace

+ Alt + click
Any painting or editing tool + number keys
(e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%, 4 then 5 in quick
succession = 45%)
(For Airbrush, use + number keys)
Any painting or editing tool +
+ number keys (e.g., 0 = 100%, 1 = 10%,
4 then 5 in quick succession = 45%)
(For Airbrush, omit )

Displays Fill dialog box

+ Backspace

Lock transparent pixels on/off

Connects points with a straight line

Any painting tool +

Hold down

to preserve transparency

+ click

*Not in ImageReady

Shift

ImageReady only

Key

Editing
RESULT

AC T I O N

RESULT

Moves type in image

Ctrl + drag type when Type layer is selected

Toggles Subscript on/off*

+ Alt + Ctrl + +

AC T I O N

Aligns left, center, or right*

+ Ctrl + L, C, or R

Chooses 100% horizontal scale*

+ Ctrl + X

Aligns top, center, or bottom*

+ Ctrl + L, C, or R

Chooses 100% vertical scale*

+ Alt + Ctrl + X

Chooses Auto leading*

+ Alt + Ctrl + A

Selects 1 character left/right or 1 line

down/up, or 1 word left/right

+
or

,
+ Ctrl +

Selects characters from insertion point

to mouse click point

+ click

Moves 1 character left/right, 1 line

down/up, or 1 word left/right

Designates new origin over existing type

Selects word, line, paragraph, or story
Shows/Hides selection on selected type

, or Ctrl +

+ click or click + drag

Double-click, triple-click, quadruple-click,
or quintuple-click
Ctrl + H

Chooses 0 for tracking*

+ Ctrl + Q

Justifies paragraph, left aligns last line*

+ Ctrl + J

Justifies paragraph, forces last line*

+ Ctrl + F

Toggles paragraph hyphenation on/off*

+ Alt + Ctrl + H

Toggles single/every-line composer

on/off*

+ Alt + Ctrl + T

Decreases/increases type size of selected

text 2 pts/px

+ Ctrl + < >

Toggles Underlining on/off*

+ Ctrl + U

Decreases/increases leading 2 pts/px

Toggles Strikethrough on/off*

+ Ctrl + /

Decreases/increases baseline shift 2 pts/px

Toggles All Uppercase on/off*

+ Ctrl + K

Decreases/increases kerning/tracking
20/1000 ems

Toggles Small Caps on/off*

+ Ctrl + H

Toggles Superscript on/off*

+ Ctrl + +

Alt +

+ Alt +

Alt +

Hold down Alt to decrease/increase 10x

Hold down Ctrl to decrease/increase 10x

Path editing*
RESULT

AC T I O N

Selects multiple anchor points

Selects entire path

+ Alt + click

Duplicates a path
(works with any pen tool)

+ Alt + Ctrl + drag

Switches from
Switches from

or
to

to

when over path

+ click

RESULT

AC T I O N

Switches from to when pointer

is over anchor point or direction point

Alt + Ctrl

Switches from or
to when
pointer is over anchor or direction point

Alt

Ctrl

Closes path

+ double-click

Alt

Closes path with straight-line segment

+ Alt + double-click

Slicing and Optimizing

RESULT

AC T I O N

Toggles browser dither for selected

image pane in Optimized view
Toggles through gamma previews in
selected image pane

+ Ctrl + Y
Alt + Ctrl + Y

Toggles through Optimized/ 2up/4up/

Original window

Ctrl + Y

Toggles between slice tool and slice

selection tool

Ctrl

RESULT

Draws square slice

AC T I O N

+ drag

Draws from center outward

Alt + drag

Draws square slice from center outward

Alt +

Repositions slice while creating slice

Spacebar + drag

Opens context-sensitive menu

Right mouse button on slice

+ drag

*Not in ImageReady

Shift

ImageReady only

Key

Actions palette
A. Turns set on/off*
B. Turns action on/off
C. Turns command on/off;
Alt + click turns current command on and all
others off*
D. Turns breakout point on/off;
Alt + click turns on current breakout point,
and turns off all other breakout points in
an action*
E. Alt + double-click changes action options
F. Reveals/hides content;
Ctrl + double-click plays entire action;
Alt + click collapses/expands all components
of an action
G. Double-click set or action displays Options
dialog box
H. Stops action
I. Records action
J. Plays action;
Ctrl + click plays a command
K. Creates new set*

History palette
E
F

A
B
C

L. Creates new action and begins recording;

Alt + click creates and begins recording new
actions without confirmation

Other action shortcuts

F9 shows/hides palette

+ click selects non-contiguous items of

the same kind*
Ctrl + click selects contiguous items of the
same kind*

A. Sets source for history brush*

B. Snapshot*;
double-click snapshot name to rename
C. States of the image, from first to most recent;
+ Ctrl + Z steps forward;
Alt + Ctrl + Z steps backward*;
Alt + click duplicates any states except the
current state*
D. Drag slider moves selection between states
E. Creates new document from current state or
snapshot*

A
B

ImageReady Only
F. Undo
G. Redo

Other history shortcuts

Alt + Clear History (in History menu) clears
history permanently (No Undo)*

Paths palette*

Channels palette*

File browser*

Path name: + Ctrl + click adds path to

selection;
Ctrl + Alt + click subtracts the path from selection; + Alt + Ctrl + click retains intersection
of path as a selection;
+ Ctrl + H hides path
Alt + click Fill Path with Foreground Color button
sets options
Alt + click Stroke Path with Brush button sets
options
Alt + click Load Path as a Selection button sets
options
Alt + click Makes Work Path from Selection
button sets options

Alt + click Save Selection as Channel button sets

options
Ctrl + click Create New Channel button creates
a new spot channel

+ click color channel selects/deselects in

multiple color-channel selection

+ click alpha channel selects/deselects

alpha channel and shows/hides as a Quick Mask
Double-click alpha channel thumbnail displays
channel options
~ displays composite
Ctrl + ~ selects composite

Brushes palette

Swatches palette

Color palette

Info palette

Alt + click brush deletes brush*

Double-click brush to rename brush*
[ or ] decreases/increases brush size*

+ [ or ] decreases/increases brush softness/

hardness in 25% increments*

+ , or
selects first/last brush
, or
selects previous/next brush

Click in empty area of palette creates new

swatch from foreground color*
Ctrl + click swatch selects background color*
Alt + click swatch deletes color

+ click on a second color selects multiple

contiguous colors
Ctrl + click on multiple colors selects multiple
discontiguous colors

F6 shows/hides palette
Alt + click color in color bar selects background
color
Right mouse click color bar displays Color
Bar menu

+ click color bar cycles through color

choices

F8 shows/hides palette
Click eyedropper icon
changes color readout modes*
Click cross-hair icon changes
measurement units*

+ Ctrl +O opens file browser

moves up a folder (in folder view) or a row
moves down a folder (in folder view) or
a row
Ctrl +
in moves up a level (in folder view)
Ctrl +
moves down a level (in folder view)
moves left one item
moves right one item
Tab moves to next pane
Home moves to the first item

End moves to the last item

F2 renames an item
Enter renames a file
Backspace moves up a level
F5 refreshes tree and thumbnail panes
Ctrl + click adds to selection (discontiguous)
+
or
adds an item to the selection
Alt + rotates counter-clockwise
Return or double-click opens a file and closes
the File Browser when in the palette well
Alt + Return or Alt + double-click opens a file
and keeps the File Browser open

*Not in ImageReady

Shift

ImageReady only

Extract toolbox*
Edge highlighter (B)
Fill (G)
Eraser (E)
Eyedroppper (I)
Cleanup (C)
Edge touchup (T)
Zoom (Z)
Hand (H)

Liquify toolbox
Warp (W)
Turbulence (A)
Twirl clockwise (R)
Twirl counterclockwise (L)
Pucker (P)
Bloat (B)
Shift pixels (S)
Reflection (M)
Reconstruct (E)
Freeze (F)
Thaw (T)
Zoom (Z)
Hand (H)

Pattern Maker toolbox*

Rectangular marquee (M)
Zoom (Z)
Hand (H)

Extract*, Liquify, and Pattern

Maker* shortcuts
Press shortcut key (in parentheses) to select
tool
Tab cycles through controls on right from top;
+ Tab cycles through controls on right
from bottom
Spacebar temporarily activates hand tool
Alt changes Cancel to Reset
(Extract* and Liquify)
[ or ] decreases or increases brush size
(Extract* and Pattern Maker*)
Ctrl + 0 fits in window
Ctrl + Spacebar temporarily selects zoom in
tool
Alt + Spacebar selects zoom out tool

Key

(Extract* only)
Alt toggles between edge highlighter tool and
eraser tool
Ctrl with edge highlighter tool selected toggles
Smart Highlighting
Alt + delete removes current highlight;
Ctrl + delete highlights entire image

+ click with fill tool selected fills foreground

area and previews extraction
Ctrl + drag moves mask when edge touchup tool
is selected
Alt + drag adds opacity when cleanup tool is
selected
X toggles Show menu options in preview
between Original and Extracted;
+ X enables cleanup and edge touchup tools
before preview
F cycles through Display menu in preview from
top to bottom;
+ F cycles bottom to top

in Brush Size text box decreases/

increases brush size by 1;
with Brush Size Slider showing
decreases/increases brush size by 1;
Hold down decreases/increases 10x
(Liquify only)
Alt + tool reverses direction for shift pixels and
reflection tools
Alt + drag in preview with reconstruct tool,
Displace, Amplitwist or Affine mode selected,
continually samples the distortion

in Brush Size and Pressure text box

decreases/increases brush pressure by 1;
with Brush Size and Pressure slider
showing decreases/increases pressure by 1;
Hold down decreases/increases 10x
Ctrl + Z to redo last step
(Pattern Maker* only)
Ctrl + D deletes current selection
Ctrl + Z to undo selection move
Ctrl + G generates or generates again
Alt + + select intersects with current
selection
X toggles view: original/generated pattern
Home goes to first tile in Tile History
End goes to last tile in Tile History

, Page Up goes to previous tile in Tile History;

, Page Down goes to next tile in Tile History
Delete deletes current tile from Tile History

, , , nudges selection when

viewing the original

+ , , , or increases selection
nudging when viewing the original

Layers palette
A. Layer lock options (from left to right);
Transparency, Image, Position, All;
/ (forward slash) toggles lock transparency for
target layer, or last applied lock
B. Links/unlinks to/from target layer
C. Indicates active paint layer (brush icon if layer
image is active, mask icon if layer mask is
active)
D. Shows/hides layer or layer set;
Alt + click toggles view: this layer/layer set only
or all layers/layer sets
E. Double-click to edit layer effect/style options;
Alt + double-click hides effect/style;
+ drag effect/style to another layer/file to
add effect to target layer set;
Alt + drag effect/style to another layer/file to
copy effect and replace target layer style;
+ Alt + drag effect/style to another
layer/file to copy effect into target layer set
F. Reveals/hides content;
Alt + click reveals/hides all layers and effects
G. Points to clipping layer
H. Double-click to edit layer style
I. Layer set
J. Links/unlinks layer to/from layer mask or vector
mask
K. Alt + click disables/enables vector mask
L. Double-click to open Layer Mask Display
Options dialog;
+ click toggles layer mask on/off;
\ (backslash), or + Alt + click toggles
rubylith mode for layer mask on/off;
Alt + click toggles layer mask/composite image
M. Double-click selects all type; temporarily
selects type tool
N. Indicates new fill or adjustment layer
O. Alt + click groups with/ungroups from previous
layer
P. Double-click to rename layer.
Q. Creates layer style
R. Creates layer mask that reveals all/selection;
Alt + click for a mask that hides all/selection;
Ctrl + click creates vector mask that reveals
all/selection;
Alt + Ctrl + click creates vector mask that hides
all/selection
S. Creates new layer set;
Ctrl + click creates new layer set below current
layer/layer set;
Alt + click creates new layer set with dialog

A
I
B

K
L
E
M

D
E

O
P

T. Creates new fill/adjustment layer*

U. Creates new empty layer;
Alt + click creates new empty layer with
dialog; Ctrl + click creates new layer below
target layer

Layers menu shortcuts

Alt + Merge Down copies current layer to
layer below
Alt + Merge Visible copies all visible layers to
active layer
Alt + Merge Linked copies visible linked
layers to active layer
Other layer shortcuts
Ctrl + click layer thumbnail to load layer
transparency as selection

+ Alt + [ or ] activates bottom/top layer

Alt + [ or ] selects next layer down/up
Ctrl + [ or ] moves target layer down/up

+ Alt + Ctrl + E merges a copy of all

visible layers into target layer
Ctrl + E merges down

+ Ctrl + E merges visible

+ Ctrl + [ or ] brings target layer to

back/front (or back/front of set)
Right-click on layer set for layer set properties

+ Alt + P for Pass through blending mode

for layer set

*Not in ImageReady

Shift

ImageReady only

Key

Common palette
shortcuts
A. Expands/collapses palette
B. Double-click to collapse/expand palette
C. Click to collapse/expand palette
(except Layers palette)
D. Ctrl + click thumbnail loads as selection;
+ Ctrl + click thumbnail adds to current
selection;
Alt + Ctrl + click thumbnail subtracts from
current selection;
+ Alt + Ctrl + click intersects with current
selection
E. Creates new layer, style, swatch, action, tool preset*, channel*, path*, brush*, color table, rollover, or animation;
Alt + click sets options

F. Deletes selected layer, style, swatch, action tool

preset*, channel*, path*, brush*, file browser*,
history state*, color table,
rollover, or animation;
Alt + click deletes without confirmation

Other common palette shortcuts

Tab shows/hides all palettes

+ Tab shows/hides all palettes except the

toolbox and options bar*

All the shortcuts are

Other Blending mode palette

shortcuts

+ + Alt + D to desaturate*

+ + Alt + S to saturate*

+ + Alt + S to dodge/burn
shadows*

+ + Alt + M to dodge/burn
midtones*

+ + Alt + H to dodge/burn
highlights*

+ Alt + L sets blending mode to Threshold

for bitmap images, Normal for all other images*

Blending Mode
+ Alt + the letter

ImageReady Rollovers
palette
A. Indicates Normal state
B. Indicates an image map;
Double-click image map to edit name and show
Image Map palette
C. Indicates a rollover state;
Double-click rollover state to edit mouse action
D. Shows/hides rollover states or animation
frames
E. Indicates an image slice;
Double-click slice to edit name and show
Slice palette
F. Indicates animation frame;
Double-click frame to show Animation palette
G. Accesses Rollovers palette menu to turn on
options for viewing animation frames
H. Indicates layer-based slice or image map
I. Indicates state with animated frames;
Right-click to toggle visibility of frames
J. Creates animation frame (appears if Include
Animation Frames is selected in palette options)

K
M
B
A
G
S
D
W
O
F
H
V
J

B
H
C

D
E
I
F

K. Creates layer-based slice rollover;

+ click for layer-based image map rollover
L. Creates new rollover state

ImageReady Layers Palette

A. Selects previous frame in animation
B. Selects next frame in animation
C. Applies layer-position changes to all states in a
rollover and all frames in an animation
D. Applies layer-visibility changes to all states in a
rollover and all frames in an animation
E. Applies layer-style changes to all states in a
rollover and all frames in an animation

C D E

Z
E
X
U
T
Y

Alt transforms from center or reflects

constrains
Ctrl distorts

I
R

ImageReady
Animation palette

ImageReady
Color Table palette

Frame shortcuts

+ click on second frame selects/

deselects multiple contiguous frames
Ctrl + click on multiple frames selects/
deselects multiple discontiguous frames

+ Alt + paste frames replaces destination

frame with copied frames

+ Ctrl +
- drag moves content of
selected layer in all selected animation frames
Alt + paste frame gives most recent screen
option selected and bypasses dialog box

Alt + click on swatch selects background color

+ click on a second swatch to select multiple

contiguous colors; last color clicked becomes
foreground color
Ctrl + click on multiple swatches to select
discontiguous colors; last color clicked becomes
foreground color
Alt + click New Color button or drag color proxy
from Tools palette onto color table to add current
background color
Ctrl + click New Color button or drag color proxy
from Tool palette to New Color button to insert
foreground color and create custom palette

Transform selections,
selection borders, and
paths

Enter applies
Ctrl + or Esc cancels
Alt + Ctrl + T free transforms with duplicate
data

+ Alt + Ctrl + T transforms again with

duplicate data

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